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* Yusaku from ''Anime/YuGiOhVrains'' became this after his DarkAndTroubledPast that turned him to a revengeful person that barely interacts with anyone and has no friends. Kusanagi even teases him that he can't talk to girls, the dub takes it further that he can't talk with ''anyone''.
** Earth too, its practically his catchphrase. Considering his Origin is also someone who can't interact with people normally...

* Spencer Reid in ''Series/CriminalMinds'' has a hard time fitting in with people other than the team, being a mix of an InsufferableGenius and ChildProdigy. However, his knowledge of pop culture is varying and extensive, though he doesn't know about ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. (Lucky Spencer!)

** Played with by Cloud in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''. At first, he talks like an [[NinetiesAntiHero edgy coolguy hero]], but it soon becomes apparent that his rudeness is a socially awkward attempt to push people away to protect himself while also impressing them, and that in real emotional or romantic situations he's hopeless. However, other scenes in the game make it clear his social skills are in some ways very good - he just deliberately doesn't use them, in order to consciously brand himself as a heel in order to get certain reactions out of people.

* Several of the main cast members of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' spent at least part of their childhoods in the training academy of a mercenary company. The ones who enrolled around the age of ten or so got away with relatively mild emotional issues, but Squall, who enrolled at about the age of five or six, [[ThereAreNoTherapists was given no help getting through his separation trauma]], and immediately began a form of training which eroded his long-term memory, might as well have been RaisedByWolves. Atypically for the trope, Squall is perfectly aware (and frankly doesn't care) that he's not behaving according to social norms...but, having never bothered to learn how to act like a normal human being, when he tries, he's generally horrible at it.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Warrior of Light]] from ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' is a {{downplayed|Trope}} example. Since he has no memory of a life before the war, [[spoiler:being that he was a manikin created during the cycles]], this is less than surprising.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotterandtheSorcerer'sStone'' Hermione is a bossy, abrasive know-it-all who shows off in class and polices her classmates' adherence to school rules. By the time Halloween rolls around, she has not succeeded in making any friends. After Harry and Ron befriend her, her social skills get much better, though she is still known to occasionally make insensitive remarks.

** Zoro. When he is not in combat, he is fairly shy and awkward in social situations, usually getting frustrated when things get out of his comfort zone. His relationship with Sanji and Tashigi exemplify this.

** Stanley from ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' is very, ''very'' good at doing things by the book, but doesn't think along normal social lines at all. He was {{raised by|Wolves}} ''peas''.
** Mr. Nutt from ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals''. He once, when asked by his friends if he was ill, said that he wasn't and had indeed had a normal bowel movement that morning. Prior to the age of seven, he [[WildChild wasn't raised by anyone]] at all, and after that spent most of his time reading, so you can probably understand why he's got problems understanding what constitutes TooMuchInformation. He also has a tendency to [[SpockSpeak speak in formal paragraphs]] when he's not [[ExtremeDoormat terrified someone's going to object to his very existence]], and has a tendency to get SidetrackedByTheAnalogy ("There appears to be so much I might inadvertently pull!").

** Jeremy Clockson in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'' is very similar to Stanley, except that instead of Post Office Regulataions and pins, his defining obsession is building very accurate clocks, and he doesn't really know how to relate to anyone who doesn't grasp this, including other clockmakers. At one point, the narrative notes that he considers Mr Soak the milkman to be a friend, because they exchanges brief sentences once every few weeks.
** Susan Sto Helit, at least in [[Discworld/SoulMusic her first appearance]], has very few friends because she has no patience and doesn't hesitate to explain to others why they're wrong about things. In later books, she's still got aspects of this but, much to her own surprise, has turned out to be very good with kids.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' gives us a bit of an odd example with [[AlphaBitch Pacifica Northwest]]. Daughter of the wealthiest family in town, she seems to be your normal rich popular girl, but over time, it becomes clear that her background has left her with some social skills lacking. She has never had any real friends or enjoyed in doing acitvities such as sharing, which often means HilarityEnsues when she interacts with ehr SitcomArchnemesis turned friend Mabel. As such, while she seems capable in understanding how people work in general, she never really established bonds with people.

* The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Warrior of Light]] from ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' is a {{downplayed|Trope}} example. Since he has no memory of a life before the war, [[spoiler:being that he was a manikin created during the cycles]], this is less than surprising.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' Ash tends to blame her failure to grasp even basic social dynamics on the fact that she's [[GenderBender not really a girl]] but that doesn't even begin to cover it. Then there is Rumisiel and Vashiel, but of course [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels are different]].

* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', one breed of [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Garou werewolves]], the lupus-born, are actually wolves who can take human form, with all the foreseeable consequences when they try to blend into human society. Oddly enough, it's usually assumed that after their first transformation most of them can automatically speak whatever language was prevalent in the country were born in, just as human-born [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]] instinctively know wolf language, but they can't necessarily speak it well. It's a lot of fun to tell a ''Werewolf'' NPC that the Lupus was raised by wolves when he shows a distinct indifference to conventional standards of politeness. Or hygiene.
** The degrees to which Lupus Garou assimilate human customs and language vary with the individual. Red Talons, a human-hating all-Lupus tribe, are generally the least knowledgeable about humans and prefer to stay that way. The other tribes all include both Lupus and Homid Garou.

* In the Arthaus TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} product ''Heroes of Light'', a caliban (mutant) paladin born with a tiger's head was abandoned at birth in a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Japanese-themed domain]], and was raised by the ''kami'' animal-spirits that found him. Although they taught him the idealized conduct of a samurai and holy man, they couldn't teach him how to deal with the less-than-ideal behavior of ordinary folk.
* AI characters and the occasional transhuman in ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' have the Real World Naïveté trait, which causes them to hugely misunderstand ordinary events.

* Taking the above a step further, ''Series/BigBrother'' had [[MsFanservice Bonnie Holt]], from Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom, who may or may not have UsefulNotes/AspergersSyndrome, but her behavior indicates traces of it, if the Website/YouTube footage of her is anything to go by.

** Dwight's cousin Mose is even worse. On the [[Series/TheOfficeUK original]], David Brent isn't quite as bad as Michael Scott. Gareth Keenan is almost as bad as Dwight, though more militant than rural.

** The sequel ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' also revealed Goku is a HumanAlien known as a Saiyan. Saiyans are revealed to be natural born fighters and usually aggressive and drawn to strength (Goku's kind heart the result of his mom Gine and his head truama as a baby.The other Saiyans we see, while liking companionship, function a bit differently than people do.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', basically every member of the Undersiders has some sort of reason that they struggle with interpersonal stuff, such as Taylor being being brutally bullied by her former best friend once they got to highschool. The case that stands out the most though is Rachel Lindt -- an neglected and abused foster child who ends up gaining dog-related powers and becoming the supervillain Bitch. (Her upbringing is enough to result in general social incompetence, but it's further exacerbated by the way [[spoiler:her power overwrote her human social instincts with canine]].)

* ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth'':
** Vatista is an ArtificialHuman from ages past who's really, ''really'' out of touch with the norms of the modern world. You know, norms like [[InnocentFanserviceGirl wearing clothes]] [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl for instance.]] It's to the point that she only really put some clothes on to make [[{{Protagonist}} Hyde]] happy... and then immediately undressed again when he was no longer around. And whenever she and Hyde encounter a second female character she [[RunningGag has to ask if Hyde forced them to wear clothes, too.]] It all comes across as rather [[NakedPeopleAreFunny funny]] and cute.

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* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'':

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* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': Hiiro Kagami is the best surgeon in the hospital, always perfect specimen of his profession. Try to rope him into anything remotely personal and he has absolutely no idea what to do, because he is basically [[SweetTooth sweets]]-fueled surgery bot. His bedside manner is awful, pragmatic and brutally honest. He can slide towards being single- or literal-minded. It's never explained whether this is a result of some undiagnosed [[AmbiguousDisorder condition]], spending his life [[SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining studying]] or just trying to mask up natural awkwardness to point of BecomingTheMask.
* ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'': Geiz Myokoin /Kamen Rider Geiz is [[PerpetualFrowner dour]] and [[CuttingTheKnot brutally]] straight forward with HairTriggerTemper. He is also mostly unaware of why he sets people running just by trying to approach them with the intent of normal conversation. His attitude can be generally summed up as that of a selfdestructive bull in a china shop, though he can definitely do better around [[MoralityChain Tsukuyomi]]. The lack of awareness and planning puts him at disadvantage against Sougo Tokiwa / Kamen Rider Zi-O, a socially capable CloudCuckooLander.
* The eponymous protagonist of ''Series/KyleXY''. In the first episode, he awakens naked in the middle of the woods with no memories or social skills.

** Tyzonn from ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'', though he becomes less awkward as the series goes on.

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** Ironically, in ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'' both [[TheBeastmaster Gundham]] [[TroubledButCute Tanaka]] and [[TheEngineer Kazuichi]] [[{{Adorkable}} Soda]] are both like this, but choose to handle it entirely differently, with Gundham being a hammy {{Chuunibyou}} who talks in an extremely melodramatic fashion and dresses like a goth, while Kazuichi dresses like a delinquent and tries to act cool to cover up his dorky, [[NervousWreck easily-startled]] personality. The fact both of them have a DarkAndTroubledPast and were bullied in their youth is a large contributing factor.
** In ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpaV3'', Shuichi Saihara is good at reasoning and all that, but he isn't too good with socializing with others.[[spoiler: Which also led to his fear of revealing the truth about murders.]] He makes friends, but he is still a SociallyAwkwardHero. [[spoiler: Of course, that friend of his was unjustly executed in the first trial.]] You also have [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Miu]] [[TheLadette Iruma]] who tends to give everyone insulting nicknames, [[TheTease makes constant sex jokes]] and doesn't understand at all how to talk like a normal person. Despite this, she's [[InnocentlyInsensitive not actually malicious]] and is using her rowdy, LargeHam persona to [[PaperTiger cover up the shy weakling she used to be.]] Then there's Ki-bo, who is a robot and thus rather oblivious to confusing human customs and tends to be treated as MyFriendsAndZoidberg despite his friendly personality.

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